"In the true mystical view, the opposites are often joined rather than separated, not seen as a problem to be solved, but as a mystery to be lived."
I fear there are too many who would never be comfortable nor want to live in a mystery. Too many just want black and white clear direction with no desire to shift their views. What a world it would be if we did all have this mystcal view?
That's certainly a key feature of faith. When I worked in transition ministry, that is with churches looking for a new rector, there was a stump speech I used to give the search committees about how to make themselves attractive to the best candidates. The final point was always, "Offer your church as a place that challenges its members as much as nurtures them". I remember a member of one committee responded with, "People don't want to be challenged by their church!" I should add that person was a professor at Brown, which made me wonder what his classroom was like. That attitude gave me a clue as to why that parish was shrinking.
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"In the true mystical view, the opposites are often joined rather than separated, not seen as a problem to be solved, but as a mystery to be lived."
I fear there are too many who would never be comfortable nor want to live in a mystery. Too many just want black and white clear direction with no desire to shift their views. What a world it would be if we did all have this mystcal view?
That's certainly a key feature of faith. When I worked in transition ministry, that is with churches looking for a new rector, there was a stump speech I used to give the search committees about how to make themselves attractive to the best candidates. The final point was always, "Offer your church as a place that challenges its members as much as nurtures them". I remember a member of one committee responded with, "People don't want to be challenged by their church!" I should add that person was a professor at Brown, which made me wonder what his classroom was like. That attitude gave me a clue as to why that parish was shrinking.